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Colin, Behold will give a message for unknown tags, but it will still accept them. So you don't have to change the tags for Behold. In the version I'm working on, when Behold reads invalid tags, it will change them internally to start with the _ and then will export them to GEDCOM that way. Louis

Colin, To be honest, I never did specifically check the Probate tag before the 1.1 release. I did group it with the other after-death events and by default it gives that message for any after-death events a year or longer after the death. How long would you say is a reasonable period after death for a probate ...

Colin, Thanks for the suggestion. The readme file that is included with the installation always starts with the current version number. Zipping forces another step and some people don't know how to unzip. Whereas by being an executable, you don't even have to download it, but you can run it right from the web. ...

Thanks for posting that Claire, I didn't even know about Playonmac until your post. I'll update the Behold FAQ. Louis

Thanks, Arnold for sending this. The problem is fixed and will be included in the upcoming version 1.1. Also, in Version 1.1, I've made the missing BOM a warning, since although Behold handles this, some programs won't correctly process a UTF-8 file without the BOM. Despite the incorrect messages, the current ...

Arnold, This seems like it might be that the file has a BOM (Byte Order Mark) that is inconsistent with the 1 CHAR set specified in the file, or the GEDCOM file might not match the 1 CHAR set. Would you mind sending me at least the log file, and (if you don't mind) the GEDCOM file as well, and I can see what's ...

GEDCOM's error checking is only "good" right now. It will get much better when I implement export to GEDCOM 5.5.1 because I'll have to ensure the export is completely valid. I also will be trying to do simple corrections to input when the GEDCOM is wrong, if it is obvious and non-ambiguous what the data was ...

Arnold, You said: "Surely a developer would only add input fields to his program if he had a way or the intention of outputing the data" No. The problem is that developers are first interested in storing their data in their own database. Exporting to GEDCOM is always a secondary thing, and they can easily miss ...

Arnold, Not too long after Version 1.1 is out I'll be adding Consistency checking, which should really give your data a shakedown. Following that, when I add saving to GEDCOM, I'm going to be implementing even better GEDCOM checking on input. Despite it's ambiguities, GEDCOM has been remarkably successful. ...

Arnold, Actually, you don't have to rename it. When you download the new version from the Behold download page where it says: "Click here to Download", it will ask if you want to Run or Save the file. If you select "Save As", you can conveniently name it with the version number when you save it. Louis